Brake



March 22, 1933. 5. F. COMPTON BRAKE Filed Dec. 29, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l lnvnior F m 7 512 By @009 Z9 Attorneys l March 22, 1938.

o. F. COMPTON 2,111,755

BRAKE Filed Dec. 29, 1936 2 sheets-vsheet 2 Inventor 0/ 119 f fim fiv By a 5-M A If! ftorneys Patented Mar. 22,1938

. UNITED S'TATESIPATENT OFFICE:

BRAKE tis F. Compton, Nebraska City, Nebr. Application December 29, 1936, Serial No. 118,131

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in brakes especially adapted: for use on automobiles,- animportant object being to provide a brake construction wherein wear is reduced to a minimum.

Other important objects of the invention reside in the provision of means whereby hydraulic or mechanical brake application is possible in one assembly, to provide quick adjustment means for the various workable parts, to afford safety dual application of brakes through mechanical or hydraulic mechanism, to provide a brake in which either mechanical or hydraulic force can be used optionally, to provide means for equal brake shoe application and uniform Wear of brake shoe lining regardless of direction of wheel rotation, and furthermore to provide a brake'mechanism which will be positive acting -in operation and. not susceptible to theready development of defects.

These and various other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent'to the reader of the following specification.

" In the drawings:-

Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of the brake mechanism with the drum removed and showing the service fluid cylinder in section.

.Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken sub- 3%), stantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of one of the brake shoes.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen in Figure 2 that numeral 5 represents one end of an axle from which extends the circumferential brake mechanism carrying plate 6.

An annulus I having the oversize opening 8 therein receiving the adjacent end portion of the axle 5 has a plurality of arcuate-shaped slots 9 therein forpreceiving the pins ill which project from the plate 6, each of these pins 10 being provided with a roller or other anti-frictional means Ii within the corresponding slot 9. Furthermore, each of the pins H! has a spaced collar l2 spacing the annulus I from the plate 6 and a washer I3 and cotter key I4 can be provided at the outer end of the pins 10.

The upper portion of the annulus I as shown in Figure 1 is provided with a forked construction 15, the upper leg portion of which is bifurcated as at 16 toreceive the clevis H on the adjacent end of a mechanical brake operated cable 18.

Within the crotch of this fork i5 is the cam 59 which has the shank 20 extending through i with an oblique slot 3| therein,

the plate 6, this shank being provided with a polygonal end portion 2| and with threads 22 to accommodate the nut 23. Thus by releasing the nut 23 the cam I9 may be rotated so as to properly adjust the annulus I.

The other leg of the fork I5 is provided with the extension 24 which is engaged into the depression of the piston 25, the latter being operative within thecylinder 26 having the fluid entrance line 21. 10

Numerals "28-48 disclose the brake shoes each of which is provided with an enlarged end portion 29 having the reduced extension 30 formed while the remaining portion of the shoe 28 tapers gradually 15 in an arcuate direction to the reduced end 32 where an opening 33 is located to receive one end of the coiled extensible spring 3d the opposite end being anchored as at 35. The intermediate portion of the shoe 28 is provided with a trans- 20 verse slot 35 to receive the pin 31 projecting from the wall '6 and this may have a roller 38. A headed stud 39 extends from the plate 6 and through the aforementioned slot 3|.

A pivotal link member 40 is interposed between 25 the annulus I adjacent the yoke l5 and the adjacent shoe 28 at a point toward the smaller end from the-'pin 31, while the link 41 has one end connected to the same point on the other shoe while its opposite end connects to the annulus I 30 at a point substantially diametrically removed from the connecting point of the link 40.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and 35 materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a brake mechanism, the combination with a brake shoe mounting of circular plate like form, and a pair of brake shoes mounted thereon and operative into braking position, of v a shoe operating member rotatable on said 4 mounting about the axis thereof and having a tongue like substantially circumferential extension, a pair of links operatively connecting said member on opposite sides of the axis thereof with t the shoes, respectively, and hydraulic means for 50 rotating said member including a fluid pressure cylinder, and a piston operative against said extension in the general direction of rotation of said member.

2. In a brake mechanism, the combination with said shoe, respectively, and selective means for rotating said member comprising a cable connected to one furcatlon thereof, a fiuid pressure cylinder, and a piston in said cylinder movable intoabutting relation to the other furcatlon of 5 said member.

OTIS F. COMPTON 

